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by Stephen Schenck | March 1, 2013 5:10 PMRead OnWhether on your home screen or lock screen, widgets can be great ways to access information at a glance and cut down on the number of apps you're constantly jumping between. Of course, they're only as useful as we take advantage of them, and according to HTC, not many of us are taking the time to explore widgets outside of a few obvious choices. While preparing for the development of Sense 5, HTC researched user behavior to learn what it could benefit by changing. It learned that while lots of users have weather, music, or clock widgets configured to run on their phones, fewer than than ...
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by Stephen Schenck | February 28, 2013 10:36 AMRead OnEarlier this month we got to see HTC launch its new One flagship, the phone that will usher in Sense 5. It's quite the departure from earlier iterations of Sense, and love it or hate it, existing HTC users have probably been wondering whether or not there were plans to make it available for current devices. HTC recently took to Facebook to address these questions, and let us know a little about how Sense 5 updates will arrive. This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of phones that will see Sense 5, but HTC specifically says that the global versions of the One X, One X+, One S, and the ...
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by Stephen Schenck | February 19, 2013 4:49 PMRead OnThe HTC One introduces the latest iteration on the company's Sense UI, touted just as "the new Sense" at this morning's event, but ultimately we're looking at Sense 5.0. We've already had glimpses of it through a number of leaks, and in our first couple of videos with the One we've touched on some general Sense features and looked at how it compares to the 4+ on the Droid DNA. Now, we've decided to delve into the new Sense with a little more depth, giving you a look at this new "minimalist" take on Sense, showing you not just what to expect from the HTC One, but the future of HTC's Android ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 22, 2013 4:15 PMRead OnAfter hearing a little about the revamped HTC Sense 5.0 early this month, we started getting our first taste of the skin alongside a number of leaked images from HTC's rumored M7 Android smartphone. Now we have a few more Sense 5.0 pics to share with you, apparently sourced from an M7 ROM. Supposedly, these pics came from a user who was able to flash a Droid DNA with files from an M7 ROM. They certainly look the part of Sense 5.0, and seem to match nicely with the leaked M7 images we've already seen. As all these views of the UI continue to pile up, it's seeming clear that those early ...
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by Michael Fisher | November 21, 2012 2:00 PMRead OnThe Nexus 4 launches, and a man in Pennsylvania does his best to keep Google's latest and greatest -and slipperiest- from sliding off tabletops. The Lumia 920 lands, and a man in Boston moves back into an old apartment called Windows Phone - but the place isn't the same as he left it. The Droid DNA launches, and all America is atwitter with talk of 1080p, nonremovable storage, and HTC making Sense out of Jelly Bean. And over in Romania, one man watches, waits, and wonders what all the fuss is about. That's about the shape of this week's installment of the Pocketnow Weekly podcast, on the ...
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by Michael Fisher | November 20, 2012 6:59 AMRead OnIf at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. -W.C. Fields Like all corporations, Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has seen its share of ups and downs; this year, it's mostly faced the latter. The company's financials continue to tumble as it struggles to recover from a rough 2011, when it pushed out a bevy of mediocre smartphones instead of honing its focus on one flagship line. HTC executed something of a reboot earlier this year, pushing out the One X to generally favorable reviews, but then found itself almost immediately steamrolled by ...
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by Michael Fisher | November 16, 2012 7:16 PMRead OnWhat do you get when you cross the biggest, baddest Samsung hardware with the latest and greatest HTC superphone, the one everyone insists on mislabeling a phablet? You get this Galaxy Note II-vs-Droid DNA video, of course, except with the names inverted. Because in this biz, the new-hotness gets first-word respect. Dig? In the video below, we take the Note II and the DNA on a short spin around the block, comparing their benchmark scores, in-hand feel, app launch times, browser performance, and -of course- their massive displays. We don't yet know the DNA well enough to put its other ...
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by Michael Fisher | November 16, 2012 1:41 PMRead On"Shorten your topic list," they said. "The show won't run as long," they said. An hour and a half later, another lengthy episode of the Pocketnow Weekly podcast is ready for your listening enjoyment. And make no mistake: we could have talked for another 40 minutes at least. That's not because it's been a huge news week, but because our discussion topics are dense and detailed. Topics like phone reviews, new platforms, and 1080p screens. Subjects like GPS navigation, wide-angle smartphone cameras, and whether Google should become a wireless carrier. The merits and shortcomings of the Lumia ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 26, 2012 5:29 PMRead OnHTC made some smart choices when designing Sense 4.0, going with a look that was a little less overbearing than previous iterations, while keeping what worked. Since it's arrived, we've seen independent efforts to attempt bringing Sense 4.0 to phones from other manufacturers, with varying degrees of success. Today, we look at a major milestone being reached towards getting Sense 4.0 on Samsung's Galaxy S II, with news of the first-such custom ROM booting on the phone's international version. This ROM is the work of the Sense4All team, which has succeeded in getting the phone to boot with ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | May 17, 2012 3:06 AMRead OnHTC Sense 4.0 is the company's latest iteration for custom UIs which we first met at MWC, as it was launched on the new One line. It is present on all One-series phone which includes the International One X as well as the AT&T version. Of course, playing with Sense 4.0 for a while, beyond the good looks and deep integration, made us realize that there are a couple of things we'd change with the custom UI but the folks over at XDA Developers are not satisfied with the way HTC implemented multi-tasking. It's not necessarily about the webOS-like card look instead of the default Ice Cream ...
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by Michael Fisher | May 12, 2012 8:16 AMRead OnIf you haven't noticed, AT&T has really turned up the heat in advertising its latest smartphone heavyweights. Now feeling the pressure from two other iPhone-carrying competitors, it's working hard to maintain a diversified smartphone portfolio, and it's doing a pretty good job of it, too. In line with that goal, AT&T has been heavily marketing its version of the HTC One X, as well as the Nokia Lumia 900. Of course, those of us who make the mobile industry our occupation, hobby, or obsession know the differences between these two high-end devices, but most people don't. So if you're ...
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by Michael Fisher | May 4, 2012 11:00 AMRead OnAll right everyone, we've still got a few weeks until the Galaxy S III drops, so let's just settle down and keep talking about what's available today. There's still work to be done, 'na mean? One of our contenders is Google's venerable mainstay of America's "most reliable," number-one, most-red-and-black wireless network; the other is a hot young upstart looking to steal the spotlight in the name of Big-Blue-number-two. One bears a proud South Korean heritage, while the other is Taiwan's newest crown jewel! One built of plastic, one of different plastic polycarbonate! Who will claim the ...
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by Michael Fisher | May 2, 2012 1:00 AMRead OnShoppers perusing AT&T's website in search of a smartphone will find a slew of options, numbering 36 devices in all. Of these, a surprising 21 are Android phones. I say "surprising" because AT&T has never been known for their compelling Android lineup. Maybe it's a side effect of years of iPhone exclusivity; maybe it's the lack of a unified brand image like Verizon's DROID campaign. Or maybe it's because, with a few exceptions like the Galaxy Note, AT&T's never had a truly unique Android phone to showcase. With its gorgeous display, unique materials, and a design guaranteed to ...
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by Evan Blass | April 13, 2012 1:46 PMRead OnHTC is preparing a new, Ice Cream Sandwich-powered entry level phone codenamed HTC Golf; we recently saw an unmemorable test photo from this handset's five-megapixel main camera. Reportedly set to hit the market sometime before the end of the quarter as the Wildfire C (following the original Wildfire and Wildfire S), Golf slots into HTC's current lineup below the three members of the One series -- although it takes a few design cues from those devices as well. Tipped to run on a single-core, sub-gigahertz processor, the Sense 4.0-skinned Golf should offer up a 3.5-inch, 480 x 320 pixel ...
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by Brandon Miniman | April 9, 2012 3:53 PMRead OnHTC lost its magic in 2011. It released too many phones, many of which were uninspired, plus it got overshadowed by Samsung with the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note. But this year, HTC plans to reverse its misfortunes, starting with the One line of devices. The HTC One series brings forth an improved Sense UI experience, an "amazing" camera, and a redoubled attention to detail in hardware design. The HTC One X, powered by the mighty quad-core Tegra 3 CPU, is the highest-end device in the One series, and the most impressively-spec'ed Android phone to date. Is it good enough to put HTC back on ...
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